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. 2018 Feb 21;5(2):171914. doi: 10.1098/rsos.171914

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Figure 1. — The thylacine. (a) Pair of adult thylacines, photograph taken from the US National Zoological Park. The scientific name, Thylacinus cynocephalus, translates to ‘dog-headed pouched-dog’, indicating the marsupial's extraordinary resemblance to canids (dogs and wolves), while its striped coat earned it the common name Tasmanian tiger. Inset map shows the historic range throughout Australia and New Guinea (orange), with the final population isolated in Tasmania (red). Map adapted from work by John Tann CC BY 4.0. (b) Adult thylacine skeletal morphology (Rodney Start CC BY 4.0).